Again dedicated to her elder daughter, Daphne Marian Gibbs
, this volume spans 1912 to 1930, the years from EN
's first marriage to her father
's death.
Family and Intimate relationships
Elma Napier
The year before the birth of Elma Gordon-Cumming (later EN
), her father
brought a libel suit against the shipbuilder Arthur Wilson
of Tranby Croft, who had accused him of cheating at baccarat. He...
Family and Intimate relationships
Elma Napier
Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming
of Altyre and Gordonstoun, was EN
's father.
Napier, Elma. Youth Is a Blunder. J. Cape, 1948.
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Literary Setting
Elma Napier
The title comes from Disraeli
, whom she quotes on the title-page: Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
qtd. in
Napier, Elma. Youth Is a Blunder. J. Cape, 1948.
title-page
She divides the volume into two parts: the first, 1896-1906, covers...
Publishing
Elma Napier
Though it did not appear until 1948, she wrote this volume from 1940 to 1945, while living in Dominica, where she had no possibility of reference to family papers.
